On Thursday, March 17, 2005, at 04:56 PM, LACTNET automatic digest 
system wrote:

>  Is inadequate breastfeeding greatly associated with
> hyperbilirubinemia in full term infants?

Hi, Angela!

I bet as you continue your research, you will find "breastmilk jaundice" 
referred to more accurately as "lack of breastmilk jaundice."  I have an 
anecdote for you--when my son was born at home, we requested no 
visitors, but they came anyway, and they were supportive of bf in name 
only, 8very* uncomfortable with being where it was actually going on.  I 
don't have any memory of nursing my son until about 48 hours of age, 
though there is a photo at ~2hrs where he appears to be nursing.  At 
72hrs, his bili count was 25.9 and we were sent to the ER.  He did have 
risk factors: he was male, had a good-sized hematoma (which did resolve 
quickly and spontaneously), I had a 5hr second stage, and we didn't 
clamp the cord for probably three hours.

When my daughter was born, everyone present had already been told that 
priority #1 was to Feed the Baby.  We banned all visitors for a week, 
and those who didn't respect this found the door and phone unanswered.  
I had read somewhere a study that showed trouble to be very unlikely if 
the baby were nursed 9-11x in the first 24 hrs.  Needless to say, we 
nursed like crazy, and we never even had to bother with the blood test.

Lynn
Missouri, USA

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